We have Open House every Tuesday night between 8-11pm. If you're interested in coming to check out the space at another time, join our Discuss List and post a message a day or so before coming over. Ask on that list if someone could be available be your host. You can also check the IRC channel.

You can often see our projects at local maker events. Check our calendar to see what we are doing locally.

Upcoming Events

AXT Hackerspace creators will be demonstrating their projects at the SX Create event. Dates and hours: March 13-15, 11am-6pm.Take the opportunity at this free event to find out more about who we are!
For additional information about SX Create, click here.

Membership, Board and Quarterly Meetings

Quarterly Co-Op Member & Board Meetings

WHO: All Co-Op members, Patrons, and the public (Member Meeting) All Co-Op members, and Patrons (Director Board Meeting)
WHEN: Saturday, November 9th, 2013 : 3:00pm - 5:30pm (members), 7:00pm - late'0 clock (board)
WHERE: The Hackerspace
WHAT:
The Quarterly Member Meeting will be held from 3:00 pm to 5:30pm. Like all Member Meetings, the Quarterly meeting is fully open to the public. If you need to attend the meeting via teleconference, please let us know and we will try to arrange something (eg Google Hangout).
Email secretary@atxhackerspace.org

In order to vote at the meeting, you will need to be a Confirmed Member in Good Standing. This means you need to be caught up with your HackerSpace dues, and have signed your Joinder Agreement.

Important topics of discussion: Election of Directors, Buildout Phase II, Budgeting
See [thread] for updates

Public Open Hours

The Hackerspace is open to the public most evenings. Please see below for Open Hours nights with hosts.

The entrance door is generally unlocked during the evening when events open to the public are in progress. We do not have a receptionist, so if you are not with a member, just ask the first person you see to help you.

The kitchen, classroom and lounge are to the left of the entry area, the main workshop is straight ahead, the crafting space is in the main workshop on top of a scaffold, the electronics workshop is just off the entry to the right, and the laser cutter and 3D printer rooms are down the hall to the right. There are three restrooms: one by the lounge, and two at the end of the hall, past the laser cutter room.

The Robot Group First Thursday

We are a very active 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation called The Robot Group which holds weekly meetings to discuss projects, show off our work, and meet people like you. Meetings are open to the public and are held every Thursday evening starting at 7:30. If you are in the Austin area and are interested in electronics, robotics, and just meeting a great bunch of really talented people come on by!

Software Saturday

Come hack on your latest project, show off what you're working on, ask someone for a code or design review, collaborate or pair-program with someone. Talk about design patterns or development methodologies. In short, this is about developing software, for fun or profit (or both!), so if you make software, or are interested in learning more about making software, come on down.

Games Night (also Saturday)

Games usually consists of a mix of traditional and more modern/obscure board and card games. Anything from backgammon to Settlers of Catan and beyond.

Fiber Fab

Host: Kelly Burghart
Time: Sunday 6pm-8pm

Are you a fiber artist? Do you want to learn more about a fiber art? Then come to Fiber Fab at the ATX Hackerspace! Any and all of these crafts are welcome, including knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, tatting, sewing, embroidery, leather working, felting, macrame, lilypads and FLORAs, or anything else you might be working on!

Basically if there is some sort of thread, string, yarn, fabric, natural or synthetic fiber involved, its welcome at Fiber Fab!

Recurring Scheduled Meetings for B-Share Owners

Membership Meeting

1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month : 7:30-8:00pm (often runs late, but usually starts on time - be there at 7:30 sharp!)

Check out the meeting notes to see what we've been discussing, or the Agenda for upcoming topics. Non-members and Provisional Members are always welcome to sit in and speak freely at our membership meetings . . . just leave the voting to confirmed member-owners, please.

Selected Past Events

Hackathon Planning Party

WHO:
MoP, Michelle

WHEN:date: Monday, November 4, 2013 time: 7:00pm

WHERE:
ATX Hackerspace

WHAT:
Nov. 8th - Nov. 10, 2013, the Space will be hosting the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon. The normal event coordinator for the Space (Michelle) will be out of town that week. So we need volunteers and a plan to make sure the Space is ready for the event while also being available to the Patrons and Members. Please join us Monday evening at 7 PM. There will be punch and pie.

Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon: Austin

Please see the links above for more information. SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING!

Within weeks of Aaron's death in January of 2013, 20 hackerspaces, schools, and libraries organized Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon events all over the world. In our collective shock and grief, we came together to console ourselves, remember Aaron, and to work on important problems ranging all the way from open access advocacy to a web.py database refactor.

Inspired by the work he did and the people he touched, recurring hackathons at locations all over the world are being organized in memory of Aaron Swartz. The next set will be synchronized on the weekend of November 8-10, 2013. The event will bring together the varied communities that Aaron touched to figure out how the important problems of the world connect, and to share the load of working on those problems.

Half a year later, we still feel an immense shock and loss. The world Aaron helped shape is still far from open and we must honor Aaron's legacy by working together to change that.

Join us from 7pm Friday 11/8 until 1pm Sunday 11/10, to work for 42 hours on projects that would honor Aaron Swartz' dream of truly open access and strengthen Austin's already impressive hacker community.

Make N Bake Planning Party

WHO:
MoP

WHEN:date: Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 time: 6:30 PM

WHERE:
ATX Hackerspace

WHAT:
We want to celebrate our one year annaversery in our new Space right! Let's get together and plan our 2nd Make N Bake Holiday Bazaar! We need to pick a date, figure out how to arrange things and also just hang out and bask in the awesome that the Space!

Make N Bake

WHAT:
Join ATX Hackerspace as we open our doors to the public and invite you to enjoy traditional home-baked goodies, holiday beverages and a variety of geek- and maker-created items for purchase; a great opportunity to fill your holiday wish list with unique locally crafted items!

We will be giving tours upon request and there will be demonstrations on some of our more mesmerizing pieces of equipment!

The hackerspace is located in an industrial park. After pulling in from Dessau Rd, drive all the way to the back. Our front door is in the last parking lot on the right. Check out this Google map for a visual.

ATX Hackerspace at STEAM3

ATX Hackerspace will be exhibiting at a booth in the Steam3 Interactive Playground!

Steam3 (Science + Tech + Engineering + Arts + Math “cubed”) is the first public event of its kind to present a comprehensive look into the future of experiential learning. Steam3 will provide an interactive stage for the exploration and demonstration of the fast emerging approaches, formats, technologies and learning models that will redefine education over the next decade.

Inventables Talk and unveiling at ATX Hackerspace

WHAT
Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan is coming to give a talk and a ShapeOko 2 and a live demo of a secret new project from Inventables! If you thought 3D printing was the way of the future, you're going to want to see exactly how wrong you were.

ATX Hackerspace at SXSW Create

Doing creative and revolutionary things with new technologies embodies the spirit of the SXSW Interactive Festival, and nowhere is this more evident than the diverse mix of activities at SXSW Create. From 3D printing to drones to biohacking and much more, this community event showcases the disruptive solutions that are shaping our future.

New Venue for 2014: The Long Center

This FREE and open-to-the-public event kicks off at 11:00 am on Friday, March 7 and runs through 6:00 pm on Sunday, March 9. Catch an Interactive or Film Shuttle to The Long Center for the Performing Arts to experience all the mind-expanding and hands-on fun.